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Mercurial: no ~/.hgrc file

I am trying to go though this tutorial that says:

Enable SSH compression for Mercurial

Edit the Mercurial global configuration file (~/.hgrc). Add the following line to the UI section:

ssh = ssh -C

But there is no that file in my system. HG of course is installed.

Solution

  • It is not there by default. You don't need it to exist — it just can exist to customize how you use Mercurial. You just need to create a .hgrc file in your home directory and it should work.

    Heres a great intro post: http://hgtip.com/tips/beginner/2009-09-30-configuring-mercurial